HeyJaredNow
What's going on now? In the world, in my life, in my brain and in my podcast, Learning How To Be Old?
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Learning how to be old? There’s a podcast for that (opens the original)
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I’ve got a funny little life, but I love it, and my podcast, Learning How to Be Old figures prominently in the foreground. It takes up a LOT of my time. This does mystify people. Why do you do it? they ask, and I get their sub-text: this is weird, she’s 86, why doesn’t she just relax and enjoy life? In fact, I do lots of other good stuff, I even relax and enjoy life (defensive tone there) but the podcast is my daily work, my passion, my challenge and my delight. <a class="image-link image2 is-vi
How to accept the sound of your own voice (opens the original)
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Vox pop for podcasts: recording voices in the street (opens the original)
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I love asking people in the street to answer one quick question, which I incorporate into some of my podcast episodes. Well, two questions, because I also ask their age.Yes, I love it. Almost everyone is happy to be recorded. Some even add my podcast to their list: it’s called Learning How To Be Old. It’s not on Substack until I figure it out, but on my website WriteIntoLife.com and Apple, Spotify and so forth.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://su
Ageing is a thing (opens the original)
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Instant poem: Mysterious dream (opens the original)
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